Africa-Press – Angola. Angolans Jerson Emiliano dos Santos and Ivanildo Lopes are among the 32 assistant referees selected by the African Football Confederation (CAF), aiming to participate in the 34th edition of CAN’2024, to be played from January 13th to February 11th in Côte d’Ivoite.
Egypt (2 male and 1 female) and Angola, Algeria, Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Morocco, Cameroon (1 male and 1 female) and Kenya are the countries that provided the most with two each, followed by Mozambique, Benin, Congo, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Togo, São Tomé and Principe, Burkina Faso and Djibouti all with one.
Angola is not included in the list of 26 main judges appointed by the CAF arbitration commission, which includes the presence of the only woman, Moroccan Karboubi Bouchra.
For this competition, it should be noted, 12 video referees were also selected, including three ladies, who will help resolve some doubtful cases.
Among the Angolan referees who have already participated in the final stages of the continent’s biggest football competition, Hélder Martins de Carvalho, already retired by FIFA, stands out.
During his career, Hélder Martins refereed three African Nations Cups (CAN), played in Angola (2010), Egypt (2019) and Cameroon (2021).
He was also involved in 2011, in the challenge of the CAN Sub-17 final, on January 22nd, between Burkina Faso and Rwanda (2-1), at the Amahoro Stadium, in the city of Kigali.
In this edition in Côte d’Ivoite, the Palancas Negras (official name of the National Team) are in group D, alongside Algeria, their debut opponent, Mauritania and Bukina Faso.
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